Acer MP-S10 User Manual 2

Acer MP-S10

User’s Manual

Ver 1.0

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Contents

1. SAFETY DECLARATION................................................................................................................................................... 1

2. PRODUCT DESCRIPTION................................................................................................................................................. 1

2-1. MAIN FEATURES ............................................................................................................................................................... 1

2-2. BUTTON LOCATION........................................................................................................................................................... 2

2-3. PACKAGING/ACCESSORIES................................................................................................................................................ 3

2-4. INSTALLATION OF USB DRIVER ........................................................................................................................................ 3

2-5. USB CONNECTION AND SAFE REMOVAL........................................................................................................................... 5

3. FUNCTIONS ......................................................................................................................................................................... 5

3-1. BASIC OPERATION ............................................................................................................................................................ 5

3-2. MUSIC MODE.................................................................................................................................................................... 7

3-3.MOVIE MODE ..................................................................................................................................................................... 9

3-4. VOICE RECORDING ........................................................................................................................................................... 9

3-5.PLAYING RECORDED FILES .............................................................................................................................................. 10

3-6. E-BOOK FUNCTION ......................................................................................................................................................... 11

3-7.PHOTO ALBUM................................................................................................................................................................. 13

3-8.GAMES ............................................................................................................................................................................ 14

3-9.SYSTEM SETTING............................................................................................................................................................. 14

3-10. OTHER SETTING............................................................................................................................................................ 18

3-11. THE CONVERT TOOLS INSTALL....................................................................................................................................... 23

4. FOR DRM MUSIC DOWNLOADING............................................................................................................................. 26

5. TROUBLE SHOOTING..................................................................................................................................................... 28

6. SPECIFICATION ............................................................................................................................................................... 29

1. Safety Declaration

I． Please carefully and thoroughly read this safely guide II． Please keep this manual secure for future reference. III. Please keep the unit dry. IV. Please avoid exposing this unit to sunlight. V. Don’t pour any liquid into this unit: otherwise it will cause damage or electric shock. VI. Please contact with a professional for handing this: MP-S10 Player if the following situations

occur.

◆ Liquid penetrates into this unit

◆ The unit is affected by damp

◆ The operation of this unit is not normal, or the user can’t return to normal operational status

by consulting this manual

◆ The unit is dropped or is damaged

VII. Please don't use MP-S10 Player in the following situations:

◆ While driving a vehicle

◆ Carrying out dangerous work

◆ Walking on the street

◆ Any situation that needs full concentration

VIII. If you want to format the disk of MP-S10 Player, please select FAT to format it. IX. Please don’t use liquid or spraying agent to clean this unit. Please use soft, wet cloth to wipe this

unit.

X. During listening with earphones, please adjust to suitable volume to avoid hearing from being

damaged.

XI. Note: Importer use of battery may cause explosion! Please correctly use the battery as per

instruction stated in Section: Battery!

XII. Don’t throw used battery into the waste bin, it should be recycled.

2. Product Description

The MP3 player is a new generation of digital portable device, supporting MP3/WAV music format, digital recording, FM stereo radio (Depending on model), AMV format playing capability, JPEG photograph browser and E-book text reading. Its perfect sound quality, great reliability and exquisite appearance make it a highly usable and desirable accessory.

2-1. Main Features

● Exquisite Appearance - Unique appearance designed for comfort and handling

● Multi-Codec Player - MP1, MP2, MP3, WMA, AMV and WAV Music format

● Firmware Upgradeable - Upgradeable features via firmware upgrade from website

● Driver Free U Disk - Manage files directly through “Portable Disk” in “My Computer” on Winows2000 Operating System (or above) without a driver.

● Record/ Replay - The player supports recording through a built-in microphone and saves as WAV and

ACT formats. Additionally, the digital A-B repeat or comparison replay function can be used for language learning.

● 7 Preset Equalizer Settings - Natural, Rock, Pop, Classic, Soft, Jazz and DBB

● Multi-play Mode - Normal, Repeat One, Folder, Repeat Folder, Repeat All, Random, Intro.

● Power Off - Set Sleep Timer or Off Time mode

at your convenience.

● GUI (Graphic User Interface) Menu - Vivid animation menu with corresponding characters for easy and visual operation.

2-2. Button Location

S/N Description

LCD display

Play / Stop / ON/OFF button

Next track/Forward ()

MENU button

Volume control button (VOL)

Headphone jack

USB port

Previous track/ Rewind ()

9 Power switch

2-2-1. Keys and Switch

z Power switch key: push Power button to ON to power on the player and push it to OFF to power off

the player directly.

z Turn ON/Turn OFF/Play/Pause/Stop button: Long press to Power ON (when the Power button is

ON) or Power OFF, short press to play, pause and stop.

z Menu key: Under music mode or voice mode, long press to enter the main menu.

In the main menu, short press to confirm or enter the sub-menu. In the sub-menu, short press to confirm current option or enter next submenu, and press and hold to enter main menu.

z Right (Next) : In Music or Voice mode, short press to enter the next song and press and hold to

move fast forward. In sub-menu, press Right key to switch submenu.

z Left (Previous): In Music or voice mode, short press to enter the previous song and long press to

move fast backward. In sub-menu, press Left key to switch submenu..

z VOL key: Allow you to adjust the volume in the Music and Voice mode. Press VOL key to enter

volume control interface, and press right or next key to adjust volume.

Note: You can short press, long press or hold a key, where: Short press: You press the key and release it in less than two seconds. Long press: You press the key and release in more than two seconds. Hold: You press the key and do not release it until the desired effect is achieved

2-2-2. PORT:

z USB: Standard USB port z Earphone: Standard earphone jack

2-2-3. Recording

z Mic: input

2-3. Packaging/Accessories

Please confirm the packaging and accessories have the contents below:

9 Acer MP-S10 Player 9 Installation CD 9 Earphone 9 Quick Star Guide

2-4. Installation of USB Driver

The installation is only needed for windows98 and windows 98 se computers. The steps are as follows: Insert the accessory CD driver and it will work automatically. The interface shows as follows.

z Click <Install> in the AUTORUN to install Win98 driver.

z Plug-in the MP-S10 device, the system will search the driver software automatically. Please Specify

a location to save the driver software. (The original location is C:\program Files\MP-S10\Win98 Driver)

z According to the following steps shown in the PC screen, then it will finish the installation of

Win98 Diver.

Confirmation of the installation of USB drive

Connect the player by the USB cable to the computer Choose “Control Panel”, “System”, and enter “Device Manager”, it will show as follows:

Choose “Disk drives” and the installed USB drive will display Attention: if it doesn’t show as upward, then please uninstall your USB drive and reinstall it.

2-5. USB Connection and Safe Removal

The player supports standard USB disk function with operating system of Windows98 (driver needed), Windows 2K and above (driver free), Mac OS 10.3 and above, Linux 2.4.2 and above. The player’s power can be supplied through the USB cable. In waiting Mode, press MENU to activate main menu, then select to enter desired mode. Connecting to a PC: Power ON the player and plug in the USB cable to enter the following Mode 1. The player will display the following modes when connected to a PC:

You should not disconnect the MP3 Player from the PC while it’s reading or writing, or else it will cause your data lost.

1. Waiting:

2. Downloading: 3. Uploading:

2-5-2 . Safe Removal of USB from Your Computer

1) Select the Plug-n-play Device icon from the Windows Taskbar, right-click on it, and select Safely

Remove Hardware.

2) Select the hardware device you want to stop and click on the Stop button.

3) Select the drive you want to stop and click OK

4) Click Close to complete this process.

Caution: Failing to disconnect this product from your computer by the standard procedure may damage this product.

3. Functions

3-1. Basic Operation

I. Turning ON/OFF

Turn on

c After pushing the Power button (OFF→ON), the player turns ON automatically and enters power ON

logo interface:

d When connecting the USB plug to PC, the player turns ON automatically enters USB mode.

e Long press the “PLAY” button to turn ON.

Turning OFF：

Long press the “PLAY” button to turn OFF

Push Power button to OFF to power off the player.

II. Entering Menu System

Pressing MENU button enters the menu system, including main menu (long press MENU button at Stop state), submenu at Play state (press MENU button to enter) and submenu at stop state (press

MENU button to enter). Browsing

○Browsing music files or menu options:

Short press / button

○Fast forward or fast backward when playing：

Long press / button

Volume Control

In music mode and voice mode short press VOL buttons to enter the volume control interface and then press the / button to adjust volume.

Play & Stop (Pause when recording)

Short press the PLAY button

III. Function Selection

In the main menu, you can select and enter different modes.

Main menu:

(Long press the

to enter)

button

Music mode: Movie mode: Record mode:

Voice mode: E-Book: Album: Game :

System setting System setting: USB mode:

Remark:

Long press MENU button to return to the main menu from the mode menu. When connecting the USB cable to a PC, the Player will enter USB mode automatically.

3-2. Music Mode

I. Interface Description

II. Basic Operations

Description S/N Description

S/N

EQ mode

Replay mode

File format / bit rate

Folder name

S/N of Current music/voice file

Quantity of music/voice files in current folder

Volume level indication

Lyric icon

Battery indication

ID3 information

Playback time

Length of time with current music

Animation Background logo

1. Connect the earphones to the player

2. Push POWERÆON to enter the main menu.

3. Long press PLAY button to power ON the player and enter the main menu.

4. Press MENU button to enter the Music mode.

5. Short press the PLAY button to play music.

6. Choose music:

 button: previous music.  button: next music

7 Volume control:

Short press VOL button to enter volume control interface and then press / button to adjust the volume.

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